mặt mũi

Vietnamese

Etymology

mặt (“face”) +‎ mũi (“nose”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mat̚˧˨ʔ muj˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mak̚˨˩ʔ muj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mak̚˨˩˨ muj˨˩˦]

Noun

mặt mũi

  1. look; countenance; physiognomy
  2. (colloquial) face (as a sociological concept)
    không còn mặt mũi nào để gặp người khác ― (literally) do not have any face to meet other people
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